Tijjani Babangida, the former Super Eagles player, has lost Fadil, his one-year-old son, in a car cragh involving his family along the Kaduna-Zaria highway, The Cable reports.
Last Thursday, Babangida was travelling with his family Maryam, his wife, their son, and Ibrahim, his brother and his maid when the car acc+dent occurred.
Ibrahim was said to have dild on the spot while the other occupants in the vehicle were rushed to the hospital.
But in a recent update, Harrison Jalla, chairman of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) Task Force, disclosed that Babangida’s son also did due to injry sustained in the acc+dent. “Yes he eventually lost the son, a one-year-old boy,” Jalla told TheCable on Sunday evening.
Babangida’s wife is also said to have lost an eye due to the severe injry to her face. She is said to be receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. It is also reported that their maid suffered a fracture in her leg.
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday paid a courtesy visit to Babangida at the hospital. The delegation consoled the former Eagles player over the dEaths of his brother and son. They also prayed for a quick recovery for Babangida and his wife, “who has undergone a successful facial surgery”.
Babangida is the president of PFAN and was a member of the Nigeria U-23 team that won the gold medal in football at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
He had a decade with the Super Eagles, where he became famous for his speed down the wings.
Babangida was also a member of the Eagles squad at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
